AUTHORS - W

JEAN WAGNER (b. 1919)

 

BLACK POETS OF THE UNITED STATES - 1963 (1st US Edition 1973)



ALICE WALKER (b. 1944)

 

THE THIRD LIFE OF GRANGE COPELAND - 1970

MERIDIAN  -1976



THE COLOR PURPLE - 1982



IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS GARDENS - 1983



LIVING BY THE WORD - 1987



THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR - 1989



POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY - 1992



MARGARET WALKER (b. 1915)

 

JUBILEE - 1966



FOR MY PEOPLE - 1968



Evans Spencer Wall Jr. (b. 1927)

 

SWAMP GIRL (Original Title" NO-NATION GIRL) - 1929 (Pyramid Books 1962 Sixth Edition)

LOVE FETISH - 1923 (1954 Paperback Edition)



MARJORIE WALLACE (b. 19..)

 

THE SILENT TWINS - 1986



MICHELE WALLACE (b. 1952)

 

BLACK MACHO AND THE MYTH OF THE SUPERWOMAN - 1979



MATTHEW WARD (b. 19..)

 

INDIGNANT HEART - 1952



JAMES A. WARNER (b. 19..)

 

THE DARKER BROTHER - 1974



BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (b. 1856)

 

UP FROM SLAVERY - 1901



KIP WASHINGTON (b. 19..)

 

SOME LIKE IT DARK - 1966



ETHEL WATERS (b. 1896)

 

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW - 1950



CORNELL WEST (b. 1953)

 

THE AMERICAN EVASION OF PHILOSPHY - 1989



RACE MATTERS - 1993



RESTORING HOPE - 1997



DAVID WESTHEIMER (b. 1917)

 

TILLIE (Originally titled: SUMMER ON THE WATER) - 1948

TILLIE (Originally titled: SUMMER ON THE WATER) - 1948 (Pyramid Books Edition)



EDGAR NKOSI WHITE (b. 1947)

 

LAMENT FOR RASTAFARI & OTHER PLAYS - 1983



REDEMPTION SONG & OTHER PLAYS - 1985



JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN (b. 1941)

 

BROTHERS AND KEEPER - 1984



PHILADELPHIA FIRE - 1990



FATHERALONG - 1994



THE CATTLE KILLING - 1996



TWO CITIES: A LOVE STORY - 1998



JAMES WILLIAMS (b. 19..)

 

IMPOSED REBELLION - 1959



JOHN ALFRED WILLIAMS (b. 1925)

 

SONS OF DARKNESS, SONS OF LIGHT - 1969



CAPTAIN BLACKMAN - 1972



SAMM-ART WILLIAMS (b. 1946)

 

HOME: A PLAY - 1978



SHERLEY ANNE WILLIAMS (b. 1944)

 

DESSA ROSE - 1985

HENRY WILLIAMSON (b. 19..)

 

HUSTLER!  -1965 (Edition: 1970)



AUGUST WILSON (b. 1945)

 

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM - 1985

FENCES - 1986



JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE - 1988



BARBARA WILSON (b. 19..)

 

THE DOG COLLAR MURDERS - 1989



HARRIET E. WILSON (b. 1825)

 

OUR NIG OR, SKETCHES 

FROM THE LIFE OF A FREE BLACK - 1808 (Edition: 1983) 



JAMES Q. WILSON (b. 1931)

 

NEGRO POLITICS: THE SEARCH FOR LEADERSHIP - 1967

TODD DORIAN WILSON (b. 19..)

 

THE POETRY OF - 1974



XAM WILSON CARTIER (b. 1949)

 

BE BOP RE BOP - 1987

GEORGE C. WOLFE (b. 1954)

 

THE COLORED MUSEUM - 1988



B. WONGAR (b. 1932)

 

MARNGIT - 1992



CARTER GODWIN WOODSON (b. 1875)

 

THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO - 1939 (Edition: 1975)



CHARLES WRIGHT (b. 1932)

 

THE MESSENGER - 1963



DEREK WRIGHT (b. 19..)

 

NEW DIRECTIONS IN AFRICAN FICTION - 1963



JAY WRIGHT (b. 1935)

 

THE HOMECOMING SINGER - 1971



RICHARD WRIGHT (b. 1908)

 

UNCLE TOM's CHILDREN - 1938 (Tower Books 1st Edition 1943)

NATIVE SON - 1940



BLACK BOY - 1945



BLACK BOY - 1945 (1959 Ace Books Paperback Edition)



THE OUTSIDER - 1953 (1965 Perennial Library Paperback Edition)



LAWD TODAY - 1963



SARAH ELIZABETH WRIGHT (b. 1928)

THIS CHILD'S GONNA LIVE - 1969



JAMES WYLIE (b. 19..)

 

THE LOST REBELLION  -1971